Thousands of people protested and several were arrested in and around the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday (July 24), with many voicing frustration and outrage at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addressed a joint session of Congress.
The tone was very different in the U.S. Capitol itself, where Netanyahu spoke to an overwhelmingly supportive crowd as he sought to frame Israel’s ongoing assault into the Gaza Strip, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives, as an existential clash between what he called “those who glorify death and those who sanctify life.”
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